{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-541.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 541.001","heading":"PURPOSE.","body":"The purpose of this chapter is to regulate trade practices in the business of insurance by:\n(1) defining or providing for the determination of trade practices in this state that are unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices; and\n(2) prohibiting those trade practices.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS","SUBTITLE C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES","CHAPTER 541. UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.541.htm#541.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"8e0e83250b07170fb13acb0a30f64cea618939f569e8a0ef9498fd120c13757d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-525.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-541.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}